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Asante Kotoko coach Mariano Barreto has commented on Emmanuel Gyamfi’s ‘misconducted charges’ by the Disciplinary Committee. Emmanuel Gyamfi is to appear before the disciplinary committee on Tuesday 29th of June on charges of misconduct after he appeared to have intentionally stepped on a player in Kotoko’s game against Inter Allies. Read More: Asante Kotoko coach Barreto explains why Kotoko played deep against Hearts Mariano Barreto was asked if Emmanuel Gyamfi will be punished by the club for his conduct; possibly losing his captaincy at the club. “There are many incidents during a match. You are talking about Gyamfi; maybe he didn’t…

Asante Kotoko coach boss Mariano Barreto was criticized for playing defensively in their 1-0 defeat against Hearts of Oak on Sunday. The Porcupines barely created many chances against Hearts and had only a few shots on target, but Mariano Barreto defended his style of play against Hearts of Oak. Read More: Asante Kotoko Player Ratings vs Hearts of Oak: Appau impress “It was because of the way Hearts play; the paly in long balls to the back; we had to fall back because they are putting in long balls and they have speedy players,” he said “We didn’t play like that…

Asante Kotoko captain Emmanuel Gyamfi revealed that the entire team are still high in spirit despite defeat against Hearts of Oak in Accra on Sunday. The porcupines suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat at the nation’s capital in matchweek 31 of the Ghana Premier League. After the game, Gyamfi believes the league is not over and Kotoko can still win the league because “anything can happen”. “We think it not over, we still have some games to go; just like we lost today, they can also lose or draw. So anything is possible” Gyamfi said after the game. Read More: Asante…

Asante Kotoko failed to take the opportunity to edge closer to their first league title in seven years after a narrow 1-0 defeat against their arch-rivals Hearts of Oak. Afriyie Barnieh scored the only goal to take his side three points clear at the top of the table. The Porcupines barely threatened the Hearts defence; the entire team created two big chances in the entire 90 minutes of the game. Player Ratings: Kwame Baah- 6 – Not at fault for the goal and could do only little about it. Also saved a close shot from Patrick Razak Christopher Nettey -…

Asante Kotoko secured passage into the next stages of the MTN FA Cup after an emphatic 3-1 win against Division two side Thunderbolt FC. The Porcupines had to work hard to earn their win after the home team proved stubborn in the first half of the game. The first goal came from Evans Adomako who lobbed the goalkeeper with his shoulder after receiving a good cross from Sarfo Taylor. Read More: Mariano Barreto rewarding players who impress in trainings Thunderbolt FC, however, equalized almost immediately after Adomako’s opener; Napoleon Boateng was unmarked inside the Kotoko penalty area and heads home…

The Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko Nana Yaw Amponsah believes that Kotoko’s match week 30 fixture against Karela United is the club’s most important game of the season. Nana Yaw Amponsah interacted with the fans on Friday evening on “Time with CEO” show on the online platform CEEK.com. Read More: Mariano Barreto rewarding players who impress in trainings “The game against Karela United is our most important game in my opinion,” he said “We shouldn’t be thinking of the Hearts of Oak game. As far as I am concerned, we should go all out against Karela United and make…

Mariano Barreto joined Asante Kotoko in March 2021 and began his quest to lead the club to the Ghana Premier League title after the club endured a difficult start to the season. Asante Kotoko won three of their first five games under the Portuguese; they conceded two and scored eight goals in that period. Their only defeat was against Medeama who took their chances in Obuasi to shock the Porcupines. Mariano Barreto has made several changes to his team lineups since he took over as he tries to give the players opportunities to impress him and perform for the club.…

The Ghana Football Association has declined Hearts of Oak’s request to reschedule their Matchweek 30 fixture against Legon Cities on Thursday, the club’s Communications Director confirmed. Hearts of Oak earlier wrote a letter to the GFA requesting that their game against Legon Cities be rescheduled to enable their players to rest before the Super Clash against Asante Kotoko. Read More: Hearts of Oak request fixture date changed ahead of Kotoko clash “The Ghana FA has sent us a letter that our request for the change of time cannot be granted. For now, we are focusing on the Windy Professionals game…

Accra Hearts of Oak have written formally to the Ghana Football Association requesting that their game against Legon Cities be postponed to enable their players have enough time to prepare for the Kotoko game. Hearts of Oak will play Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday 24th of June and will travel to play Asante Kotoko in Obuasi three days later. Read More: There is something wrong with Abalora – Ali Jara In a letter signed by the club’s assistant operations officer, the club urged the GFA to consider rescheduling the schedule to give them an equal time…

Delight for Asante Kotoko fans as three of their important players return to training as they prepare for their upcoming fixtures in the league. Asante Kotoko announced on Thursday morning that Abdul Ganiyu, Andy Kumi, and Augustine Okrah have all returned to training ahead of their game against Thunderbolt FC in the MTN FA Cup. https://twitter.com/AsanteKotoko_SC/status/1405448195447177216?s=20 Read More  News- MTN FA Cup Round of 32 draw; Kotoko get Thunderbolt, Hearts get Wind Abdul Ganiyu who went off injured in Kotoko’s last game against Inter Allies was involved in a light training session alongside Okrah and Kumi on Thursday morning. Augustine Okrah…